TY - BOOK ID - 80746097 TI - Entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation, and innovation policy in Africa AU - Daniels, Chux AU - Dosso, Mafini AU - Amadi-Echendu, Joe PY - 2021 SN - 303058240X 3030582396 PB - Cham, Switzerland : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Economic policy. KW - Engineering economics. KW - Engineering economy. KW - Management. KW - Industrial management. KW - Entrepreneurship. KW - Economic development. KW - Africa—Economic conditions. KW - R & D/Technology Policy. KW - Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing. KW - Innovation/Technology Management. KW - Regional Development. KW - African Economics. KW - Development, Economic KW - Economic growth KW - Growth, Economic KW - Economic policy KW - Economics KW - Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) KW - Development economics KW - Resource curse KW - Entrepreneur KW - Intrapreneur KW - Capitalism KW - Business incubators KW - Business administration KW - Business enterprises KW - Business management KW - Corporate management KW - Corporations KW - Industrial administration KW - Management, Industrial KW - Rationalization of industry KW - Scientific management KW - Management KW - Business KW - Industrial organization KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Economy, Engineering KW - Engineering economics KW - Industrial engineering KW - Economic nationalism KW - Economic planning KW - National planning KW - State planning KW - Planning KW - National security KW - Social policy KW - Entrepreneurship KW - Technological innovations KW - Africa KW - Breakthroughs, Technological KW - Innovations, Industrial KW - Innovations, Technological KW - Technical innovations KW - Technological breakthroughs KW - Technological change KW - Creative ability in technology KW - Inventions KW - Domestication of technology KW - Innovation relay centers KW - Research, Industrial KW - Technology transfer UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80746097 AB - This book provides a comprehensive overview of role of entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation and innovation policy for the achievement of economic development and prosperity in African societies. It adopts a broad innovation systems approach. The book examines entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology commercialisation alongside context-specific factors associated with them. It also provides an interdisciplinary perspective, by discussing the above disciplines in a connected way. This book is presented in three distinct parts. It starts by discussing entrepreneurship and the state of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Africa. It then moves on to present technology commercialisation in Africa, before finally discussing the future directions for entrepreneurship, technology commercialisation and innovation policy. This broad picture provided in the book enables the reader to grasp the relevant messages, whilst the detailed analysis applies world-class theories and frameworks to deepen the readers understanding of key concepts and issues examined. ER -